Clothespress



W. TE ERNEY CLOTHESPRESS Nov 11 Filed Dec. 2'7, 1923 INVENTOF? Wfl/liamWei May AITTDRNEY Patented Nov. ll, i924.

WILLIAM TIEENEY, F SEATTLE, "WASHINGTGN.

CIJOTHESPRESS.

Application filed December 27, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM TIERNEY, a citizen of the United btates,residing at Seattle county of King, and State of ashington, haveinvented a new and useful Clothespress; and I hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact specification, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The invention is a collapsible frame in which trousers or the like maybe held and stretched and upon which a coat may also be hung.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efiicient meansfor stretching trousers or holding them in shape which may be foldedwhen not in use.

With these ends in view the invention embodies a rod having a hook atits upper end, a member slidably mounted on the bar with two rodspivotally mounted therein, said rods having clamps at their outer ends,a large clamp comprising two straight bars hinged together, mounted onthe former rod, and two curved bars also pivoted on the former rod forforming a coat hanger when in the open position.

Other features and advantages of the invention will be seen from thefollowing description taken in connection with the drawings, whereinFigure l is a View showing the device as it would appear while holding apair of trousers.

Figure 2 is a similar View on a somewhat larger scale with the trousersomitted.

Figure 3 is a view showing the device in the folded position, lookingfrom the rear.

Figure 4 is a view showing the oflset in the main rod.

Figure is an end view of the clamp at the outer ends of the latter rods.

Figure 6 is a view showing an alternate means for holding the member inwhich the latter rods are pivoted to the former rod.

In the drawings I have shown my device as it would be constructedwherein numeral 1 indicates the main rod which has a hook 2 at its upperend and an off-set 3 a short distance from the hook.

A member 4 is slidably mounted on the rod 1 and adjustably held to it bya set screw 5 as shown in Figure 2, or it may be held by a nut 6 on atapering and slotted sleeve 7 which may project from the end Serial No.683,090.

of the member 4 as shown in Figure 6. Bars 8 and 9 are pivotallyattached to the member 4 by pins 10 and 11 and are held in grooves 12 inthe sides of the member. The sides of the member and the grooves slopeoutward and downward so that the bars will hang in slanting positions asshown. At the outer end of the bars are clamps 13 which are formed oftwo plates 14 and 15 which are hinged to the lower end of the bars 8 and9 by hinges 16 and held together by screws 17 having recesses 18 in themand being threaded into threaded holes 19 in the plate 15 so that as thescrew is turned in one direction it will clamp .the two plates togetherand as it is turned in the opposite direction it will, through therecess 18, open the plates.

Curved bars 20 and 21 with hooked shaped ends 22 are pivotally attachedto the rod 1 by a pin 23 between the hook 2 and the off-set 3. Theserods are held in the open position by pins 24 as shown in Figure 2 andwhen it is desired to close them they may be lifted upward and thenturned over and downward to the position shown in Figure 8. A bar 25 ispivotally attached to the rod 1 by a pin 26 at a point just below theoff-set 3 and this bar is provided with a hinge 27 at one end by whichanother bar 28 may be hinged to it, and a pin 29 at its opposite endwhich has a head so that a slot 30 in the bar 28 may be placed over thepin to hold the bar in place.

It will be understood that changes may be made in the constructionwithout departing from the spirit of the invention. One of which changesmay be in the design of the sliding member for holding the twooutstanding rods or in the means for holding it to the rod, another maybe in the design of the clamps at the outer ends of the outstandingrods, another may be in the design of the clamp at the upper end of therod; and still another may be in the design of the members forming thecoat hanger, or in their omission altogether.

The construction will be readily understood from the foregoingdescription. To use the device it may be opened to the position shown inFigure 2 and the lower part of the trousers will be placed between thebars 25 and 28 and held by placing the slot 30 in the bar 28 over thescrew or pin 29. The lower edges of the trousers may then be gripped bythe clamps 13 and the sliding member 4 forced downward until thetrousers are stretched as much as may be desired, at which time it maybe held by the set screw 5. It will be seen that the bars 8 and 9 areheld in grooves 12 in the sliding member 4; so that they will be rigidlyheld laterally and when gripping the trousers the lower ends of thesebars are bent inward so that the spring in them will stretch thetrousers laterally. seen that this will put a double stretch in thetrousers as by forcing the sliding member & downward it will stretch thetrousers lengthwise and the spring in the bars 8 and 9 will stretch themcrosswise thiis taking all baggy sections such as would occur at theknees, out off them entirely. It will also be seen that this lengthwisepull will not only remove the baggy sections but will also restore thecreases.

Having thus fully described the inven- It will be tion what I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a device for holding and stretching wearing apparel or the likehaving folding members adjacent its upper end that may he opened to forma coat hanger; bar having means at its upper end by which it may besupported; a pivotally mounted clamp in which the lower ends of garmentsmay be held; a sliding member with its outer edges tapering outward anddownward and having grooves in them mounted on the rod and adjustablyheld to it by set screws; other rods pivotally attached to the slidingmember and resting in grooves in its edges; and clamps the outer ends ofthe latter rods said latter rods being of a spring material so that thegarment may be stretched both lengthwise and crosswise.

WILLIAM TIERNEY.

